| The Dirty Boogie | ||||
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| Released | June 23, 1998 | |||
| Studio | The Village Recorder,Ocean Way Recording,Los Angeles, CA[1] | |||
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| Length | 49:24 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
| Producer | Peter Collins | |||
| The Brian Setzer Orchestra chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| The Village Voice | C−[7] |
The Dirty Boogie is the third album from theswing bandthe Brian Setzer Orchestra. The album is considered as the breakthrough for the band, with their first single being a cover ofLouis Prima's "Jump Jive an' Wail", which Prima had made popular in 1956 and included in his albumThe Wildest!. The release of the single came along after aGap advertising campaign that featured Prima's original recording of the song. Each helped to propel the largerswing revival throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. Seven of the album's tracks arecovers of songs written and originally made popular between 1952 and 1962.
In addition to Prima's "Jump Jive An' Wail", covers include "This Old House" byStuart Hamblen, "Since I Don't Have You" bythe Skyliners, "Nosey Joe" popularized byBull Moose Jackson, and "As Long As I'm Singin'" byBobby Darin. "You're the Boss", penned by Leiber and Stoller in 1961, is the album's seventh track, a duet featuring singer (and labelmate)Gwen Stefani; an earlier popular recording of the tune pairedElvis Presley andAnn-Margret. The eighth track, "Rock This Town", is a cover of a song originally recorded in 1981 by Setzer's previous band, theStray Cats. "Hollywood Nocturne" was a discarded track from Setzer's previous album,Guitar Slinger.
The album also features a cover of the instrumental "Sleep Walk", made popular originally by songwriters and performersSanto & Johnny Farina in 1959. Setzer's arrangement won aGrammy Award the following year for best pop instrumental recording.
The illustration and logo forThe Dirty Boogie was created by Sir Richard Wentworth, using techniques such as pen and ink linework and cutrubylith sheets. The album cover began life as a show poster designed by Wentworth to advertise a Brian Setzer Orchestra concert at Detroit's State Theater (currentlyThe Fillmore Detroit). After Brian Setzer saw the poster, he commissioned Wentworth to reformat the poster and to create a newlogo for the band. The angular, kinetic style employed in Wentworth's illustration sparked a trend of identifying the music of theswing revival with the visual signifiers of the cartoon modern style (a type of dynamic, minimal design commonly used in 1950s and 1960slimited animation). Wentworth'sretro logotype is still an essential part of theBrian Setzer Orchestra'sbrand identity[8] and has inspired a commercialfont called "Swinger". Wentworth also illustrated the covers for Setzer'sBest of The Big Band (Japan Only CD),Boogie Woogie Christmas andChristmas Rocks! CDs, and designed the logo forThe Ultimate Christmas Collection CD.
All tracks are written byBrian Setzer, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "This Cat's on a Hot Tin Roof" | 2:19 | |
| 2. | "The Dirty Boogie" | 3:13 | |
| 3. | "This Old House" | Stuart Hamblen | 3:06 |
| 4. | "Let's Live It Up" | 3:41 | |
| 5. | "Sleepwalk" (instrumental) | Santo Farina;Johnny Farina; Ann Farina | 3:49 |
| 6. | "Jump Jive an' Wail" | Louis Prima | 2:53 |
| 7. | "You're the Boss" (featuringGwen Stefani) | Jerry Leiber;Mike Stoller | 3:43 |
| 8. | "Rock This Town" | 6:37 | |
| 9. | "Since I Don't Have You" | Jimmy Beaumont; Wally Lester; Joe Verscharen; Janet Vogel; Jackie Taylor; Joseph Rock; Lennie Martin | 4:09 |
| 10. | "Switchblade 327" | 3:30 | |
| 11. | "Nosey Joe" | Leiber; Stoller | 2:45 |
| 12. | "Hollywood Nocturne" | 5:36 | |
| 13. | "As Long as I'm Singin'" | Bobby Darin | 4:03 |
| Total length: | 49:24 | ||
| Chart (1998–99) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[9] | 32 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] | 36 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[11] | 35 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] | 55 |
| USBillboard 200[13] | 9 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[14] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[15] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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